Rahimtulla Tower, Commercial tower in Upper Hill, Nairobi, Kenya.
Rahimtulla Tower, also called the Rahimtulla Trust Building, is a reinforced concrete tower in Upper Hill, Nairobi, clad in blue-tinted glass and white louvre tiles. It has twenty-two storeys, including a double floor-height lobby, plus two basement floors, and rises 54 metres on its hilltop site. A 30-metre mast for television and radio communication caps the roof.
The building was designed by Planning Systems Services and completed by Laxmanbhai Construction in 1999. It arose as part of Upper Hill's development and reflects the growth trend in Nairobi's business district at that time.
The tower's name comes from the Rahimtulla Trust, which owns the building. Its main tenants are iWay Africa, PriceWaterhouseCoopers and Dhanush InfoTech, and Spencon had its head office here until it moved to Muguga, Kiambu County, in 2015. In the mid-2010s a dispute broke out over who owned the building.
The building is most active during daytime hours when workers and visitors are present, and access is easiest during standard business hours. Parking in the basement levels is available for visitors, though space may be limited during peak times.
A 30-meter communication mast crowns the roof and enables broadcast and television signal transmission across the surrounding area. This technical feature is often overlooked but plays an important role in local communications infrastructure.
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